BULLETIN NUMBER SIX 13 



Every port and large settlement should have a paid game 

 protector of the right sort. The sale of firearms to the 

 natives should be prohibited. 



Every hunter should be required to register and obtain 

 a license. 



Excessive killing should be prevented, or punished. 



In every possible way the slaughter of hoofed game by 

 natives should be discouraged, or prevented. 



The killing of females or young should be severely 

 punished. 



Wherever any valuable species is threatened with early 

 extinction, either through excessive hunting or trapping, its 

 killing should be absolutely prohibited for ten years. 



In 1902 caribou were so abundant in Alaska that in some 

 minds there seemed to be a question whether it was not 

 both right and desirable that the sale of caribou flesh should 

 be provided for, subject to the regulations to be framed 

 by the Government. So far as the writer is aware, the 

 sale of sheep and moose meat never was regarded as a pos- 

 sibility, and so far as we are aware no question regarding 

 its sale ever arose into general view. 



The sale of game heads and antlers was explicitly for- 

 bidden, by Section 4 of the Law of 1902. 



Concerning the sale of game meat, the game act of 1902 

 as it finally passed was far less explicit. It made the mis- 

 take of far-reaching ambiguity. It authorized nothing defi- 

 nite, and so far as game meat sales were concerned, it never 

 mentioned them. The wording of the law that has stood 

 unchanged for seventeen years is as follows: 



"Section 4. Sale. — That it shall be unlawful for any person or 

 persons at any time to sell or offer for sale any hides, skins or heads 

 of any game animals or game birds in Alaska, or to sell, offer for 

 sale, or purchase, or offer to purchase, any game animals or game 

 birds, or parts thereof, during the time when the killing of such 

 animals or birds is prohibited: Provided, That it shall be lawful for 

 dealers having in possession game animals or game birds legally killed 

 during the open season to dispose of the same within fifteen days 

 after the close of said season." 



There never was a time when the above treatment of the 

 game-sale question in Alaska was adequate or right. All 

 the restrictions on the sale of game that do exist were 

 created by the regulations of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



